Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing

Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing is a British video game released in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Thomson MO5 and ZX Spectrum by the Gamestar branch of Activision and later re-released by Mastertronic.

The player controls a boxer as he boxes his way to the top, earning purse money along the way, progressing up the world rankings until he fights Barry McGuigan himself.

Whilst boxing the following moves can be employed: Cross, block, body punch, jab, hook and uppercut.

At the end of each round a summary is given of points scored and the feeling of the audience as to their excitement levels.

It's more complex than Frank Bruno's or Rocco", while Your Sinclair summarised it as "a top-ten contender in the software boxing championships".

Spectrum screenshot